Antique American Geometric Ink and Crayon Drawing Signed W.H. Voorhees carved stone boot and dogs of several species

and dogs of several species are all playing cricket together

with a nice patina on both and the wood of the handles super smooth

Or maybe it is just an anthroporphism of the proverbial primal scream

first birds and then "the human condition in all its moods and shapes" as described by Lyle Elder

Antique American Geometric Ink and Crayon Drawing Signed W.H. Voorhees carved stone boot and dogs of several speciesTo my eye this drawing is just about a perfect thing, and feels like a happy surprise every time I look at it. I have found mention of a few different W. H. Voorhees', most notably a Mrs. W. H. Voorhees of San Francisco who was active in the temperance movement (mentioned in the local paper on a visit to see her sister in Ohio in 1886), and who donated a campaign ribbon for the first Republican Party presidential campaign (1856) to the San Francisco